Best of Etsy - Wes Anderson

Welcome dear blog friends to a new feature here on Smashingbird. I'm slowly but surely getting there with my shop listings so in the meantime I thought I'd start a new feature aiming to show my best picks from Etsy with each week focusing on a different subject. This week is all about my favourite film director Wes Anderson. Click the description below to go to the listing.

You too can get the Steve Z look with this fantastic temporary tattoo, available for  $10 from  

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The ultimate Life Aquatic fans dream shoe, these may even tempt me into casual footwear - yes it is the Team Zissou trainers, $145 from zissoushoes

I think these Rushmore pencils are rather amazing, I want to join the Max Fischer Players.  Set of 18 pencils $25 from tiniestj.

I <3 this Margot Tenenbaum paper doll postcard, just $3 from claudiavarosio.

Here is an item for the Tenebaum geeks, a little woolly dalmation mouse, cute! $10 from WoolyGeeks.

Who can resist a finger puppet? This felt Max is $17 from abbeychristine.

More paper dolls from The Royal Tenebaums, here we have Richie, Margot & Royal in Futura, naturally. mabgraves is selling the trio for $10.

There are some amazing posters featuring homages to Andersons films, I particularly love this Typography Life Aquatic one, $15 from sap43187.

Finally we have a little something from Fantastic Mr Fox, this gorgeous Ash print is $18 from TheBlackSheepStudio

What is your favourite Wes Anderson flick? Do leave a comment to let me know what type of things you would like me to feature on here & I promise the shop is coming sooooon!

Songs for Saturday pt8

This lovely tune has been stuck in my head all week thanks to Bill @ Anorak Thing. Shame the footage is of The Steampacket.

Shotgun Express - I could feel the whole world turn round (1966)

Girl! Girl! Girl!

I don't know what's up with me this week, I feel totally uninspired and can't think of a single interesting thing to say! So to make up for it here's a selection of scans from one of my favourite vintage annuals, Girl! Girl! Girl! I scanned these all in ages ago and it is currently tucked away in a box in my attic and for the life of me I can't remember the date, I think it is 1970, anyhoo enjoy!

Front Cover

Love the graphics on the inside of the covers (the front is b/w & the back is pink & black)

Fabulous Boutique feature, I'd love the pop art man head! Also has anyone ever had anything from the Just Looking boutique?

Bus Stop's Lee Bender & George Best! Plus matching knitwear.

Great contemporary map of the Kings Rd, I'd love to have gone to the Chelsea Kitchen!

I have dreams about those perfect silver boots...

Mary Quant Berets

Just so you know, cool hair isn't just for Brownies!

The second haircut is seriously tempting me to grow my hair out...

And finally here is the back cover - aren't the graphics and pic fab!

She's back! (for a little bit anyhoo)

As I mentioned in my post on saturday this weekend I spent with my favourite sister (ok, she's my only sibling, but she's still my fave!), who has just returned from the not so snow covered mountains of Val D'Isere. We met up at 2pm with a big group of her nearest & dearest girlies and had a lovely lunch at Prezzo's (Gorgonzola Pizza = yum!) where I probably should have taken food pics, but as you all know I'm crap at photos!

Next we moved onto a rather trendy bar/restaurant/club place where copious amounts of wine was consumed and Em being the caring big sister was craftily only giving me small glasses (did I mention I'm  a complete lightweight?). Here I am in outfit post mode, doing my best until someone who shall remain nameless hollered "POSER!" at me, so what's a gal to do? That's right, give 'em my best Blue Steel!

What I wore: vintage 70's purple floral chiffon sundress (£6 from Scope), Purple suede & patent Terry De Havilland Wedges, Red leather and gold studded vintage bag (50p bootfair), 70's gold small chain belt and my usual charity shop jewels.

I'm pleased to say Em & I are the only ones that lasted the night right through until 3am! Even though a very very generous chap bought us a bottle of champagne, which at 1am was received with mixed reviews! Plus there wasn't a kebab insight. (the queue was too long ; p )

Thank goodness for small measures and Party Feet.

Songs for Saturday pt7

Apologies for the lack of posting this week. My lovely sister Snowy Stylista has finally returned to Blighty after 6 months in the Alps and I have been busy catching up with her and today we are heading out for lunch and drinkies with all the girlies (outfit pics will of course follow!). I do hope you are all enjoying your weekend, I'm hoping the rain holds off as my purple Terry De havillands do not like being wet!

So here is today's song in honour of big sis, See Emily Play by David Bowie (from Pin Ups 1973).